“Same-Sex Marriage Likely, Not Guaranteed, Law School Profs Predict”: This article appeared earlier this week in The Harvard Crimson.

“Why Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’ Should Have Pleaded Guilty”: Law professor JaneAnne Murray had this op-ed in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Can a baker refuse to make an anti-gay cake?” Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “No, bakeries don’t have to take orders for cakes that say ‘God Hates Gays.’”

“Obama’s renewed push to close Guantanamo prison is seen as promising”: Carol J. Williams has this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

In related coverage, NPR today has a blog post titled “Closing Gitmo ‘Going To Be Very Difficult,’ Hagel Says.”

“Justices to Hear Case Over Drugs Used in Executions”: Adam Liptak and Erik Eckholm have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Mark Berman have a front page article headlined “Supreme Court will review lethal injection drug protocol used in executions.”

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Supreme Court will hear challenge to Oklahoma execution drug.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court will review use of lethal injections.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that “Supreme Court to Review Lethal Injection Protocol in Oklahoma Executions; Justices to Weigh Whether Such Executions Amount to Cruel and Unusual Punishment.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that “Supreme Court to review Oklahoma’s three-drug execution method.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court to review lethal injections used in Oklahoma executions.”
p>In today’s edition of The Oklahoman, Chris Casteel has a front page article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court to review Oklahoma’s execution drugs; In wake of Oklahoma’s controversial execution, high court will examine a state’s execution procedures for the first time since 2008 to determine whether they risk cruel and unusual punishment.”

In today’s edition of The Tulsa World, Ziva Branstetter and Cary Aspinwall have a front page article headlined “Supreme Court agrees to review Oklahoma lethal injection challenge; Justices will decide if state’s lethal injection protocol constitutional.” Aspinwall also has an article headlined “Richard Glossip set for execution Thursday: What does Supreme Court review mean for him?” In addition, the newspaper provides this link to the now-granted petition for writ of certiorari.

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court to review Oklahoma lethal injection procedure.”

“Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch shaped by work with Rwanda tribunal”: Timothy M. Phelps has this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Court: Judges can’t belong to Scouts due to gay ban.” Bob Egelko has this front page article in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.

The Los Angeles Times reports that “California judges barred from Boy Scouts over anti-gay discrimination.”

The Washington Times reports that “Boy Scouts participation off limits to judges, says California Supreme Court.”

And The Associated Press reports that “California bars judges from Boy Scouts membership.”

Yesterday, the Judicial Branch of California issued a news release titled “Supreme Court Eliminates Ethics Exception that Permitted Judges to Belong to Nonprofit Youth Organizations That Discriminate.”

“Texas Used Junk Science to Restrict Abortion: The state’s experts lied — and they got caught.” Kathryn Kolbert has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“High-value Guantanamo detainees call home for the first time in nearly a decade; The prison’s most dangerous are allowed to speak with their families in heavily monitored calls”: Julie Tate and Missy Ryan of The Washington Post have this news update.

And The Edmonton Sun reports that “Khadr will seek to be released on bail; Pending decision of an appeal of his U.S. convictions.”

“Group that disrupted the Supreme Court posts video”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this news update.

And today at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog, Brent Kendall has a post titled “Protest Group Foils Supreme Court on Cameras Again.”

Via YouTube, you can view the video here, here, and here.

“U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Challenges Insider Trading Ruling”: Matthew Goldstein and Ben Protess have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. According to the article, “since 2012, the Second Circuit has held only one en banc hearing involving as many as 15 appellate judges.”

Christopher M. Matthews of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Prosecutors to Appeal Key Insider-Trading Ruling; Review Sought of Appeals-Court Decision in December Limiting Ability to Pursue Cases.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

USA Today reports that “Federal prosecutors appeal insider trading ruling.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “U.S. to seek reversal of landmark insider trading ruling.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. to Seek Reversal of Ruling Weakening Insider Cases.”

You can view the petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc that the prosecution field yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.